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1、Language Imperialism and the English Craze in ChinaAcknowledgementIn writing this paper, I have benefited from the presence of my teachers and my classmates. They generously helped me collect materials I needed and made many invaluable suggestions. I hereby extend my grateful thanks to them for thei
2、r kind help, without which the paper would not have been what it is.Particularly, I am deeply indebted to Professor An Yan, my supervisor, who guided me throughout my writing of this thesis. She carefully read the whole draft and offered painstaking and precious criticism. Her standards of academic
3、excellence have made my revision an exciting and gratifying experience. I also wish to sincerely thank my classmates and friends Miss Yang Jing and Miss Li Yan-jie whose brilliant ideas and perceptive observations have proved immensely constructive. My parents took good care of my life and gave me a
4、 lot of encouragement when I was working at this thesis. They always share my weal and woe. I feel much grateful and heartily owe my achievement to them.Furthermore, none of this would have been possible without the help of those individuals and organizations hereafter mentioned with gratitude: our
5、school library and its staff, the library of Hebei Normal University, and the National Library of China and its staff. 内容摘要 随着全球化和信息化浪潮的到来，一个不争的事实是：越来越多来自不同国家的人们在用一种语言(即英语)相互交流和传播思想。目前，全世界有近3.8亿人口把英语作为母语，约2.5亿人口把英语用作第二语言。而学习英语的人数则更多。英国文化委员会估计，全球正在学习英语的人口大约为十亿，另有15-20亿人口每天使用接触英语。到2050年，全球一半人口会较熟练使用英语
6、。我国英语热的出现与国家的开放政策有密切关联，这一点在我国入世后更是如此。现在，我国不但要求高初中以上所有学生必修英语，从2001年起，还要求在有条件的城市中普及小学三年级英语教学。我国每年高考和研究生考试的必考科目，和提拔干部和晋升技术职称的必要条件之一。在上海这样的大城市，一个人的英语能力还可以决定他是否能够成为国际化人才的标志。本文讨论了国际中英语强势的表现方式和研究英语强势的必要性，并从英语语言本身发展历程、宏观层面、技术因素和综合原因等方面分析了在国际中出现英语强势的成因。本文最后分析了国际中英语强势给英语国家和非英语国家所带来的影响，并突出了对我国现阶段的影响。关键词： 英语热，成
7、因，影响AbstractWith the coming of globalization and the age of information, an indisputable fact is that more and more people from different countries around the world are communicating and disseminating ideas by using the same language, that is, English. By far, nearly 380 million people have English
8、as their mother tongue in the whole globe and about 250 million people use English as their second language. The English craze in China has a close relationship with its open policy, especially after its entry into WTO. Currently, it is not only required that all the students in junior and senior hi
9、gh school should learn English, but also required the permeation of English teaching among the grade-three pupils in primary school in some good-conditioned cities from 2001. English is the subject that students have to take in the college entrance and postgraduate examination every year in China. T
10、his article discusses the way that shows the dominant position of the English language in the world and the necessity of studying the English superiority. Furthermore, the reason of the formation of English language imperialism is analyzed from these elements such as the developing course of the Eng
11、lish language itself, the technology, and the comprehensive causes and so on. Most importantly, it analyses the impact of the English language superiority on both English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries, especially on the current stage of China.Key words: the English craze, cause of form
12、ation, impactContentsIntroduction.1Chapter One The Dominant Position of English Language3 1.1 A Brief History of English.3 1.1.1 The Development of English Language.3 1.1.2 The Global Position of English.5 1.1.3 The Developing Process in China.6 1.2 A Working Definition of Language Imperialism and t
13、he English Craze.6 1.2.1 Language Imperialism.6 1.2.2 English Craze in China.8 1.3 English-the Global Language Today.9 1.3.1 The Linguistic Features of English Language.10 1.3.2 The Historical Reasons11 1.3.3 Some Other Reasons12Chapter Two The Impact of the dominant position of English language.14
14、2.1 The Impact on English-speaking Countries15 2.2 The Impact on Non-English-speaking Countries16 Chapter Three The English Craze in China and its Impact20 3.1 The English Craze in China.20 3.2 The Positive Impact of the English Craze in China.21 3.3 The Negative Impact of the English Craze in China.21Conclusion.24NotesBibliographyILanguage Imperialism and the English Craze in ChinaIntroductionThe academic circle holds that “language imperialism” refers to a fact, that is, b
